How To Install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl is module containing the famous FamFamFam Silk icon theme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl

libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl is:

Icon::FamFamFam::Silk is a Perl library holding a set of PNG icons. They can be retrieved by name, as raw PNG data, base64 encoded or via a URI. The module also provides a convenience function for give due credit to their creator.

Have a look at http://famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/ to see the icons.

There are three methods to install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl

Install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl

Install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl

How To Uninstall libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl

Uninstall libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl

Remove libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl

Remove libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicon-famfamfam-silk-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.